Discussion A

Characteristics of a Business Environment

Objective

Define the goals and functions of business

Discussion Overview

This discussion examines the goals of business in the context of a current real-life business issue.

Deliverables

Your participation in the discussion, including the following:

A response to the initial questions below

Responses to at least two other students' responses

Step 1 Provide a response to the discussion. Provide your response to the following prompts. If appropriate, include personal experience in your response.

Identify a business issue or event that has appeared in the news lately.

Briefly describe the issue or event and then define a goal, function, or characteristic of a specific businessenvironment related to the issue or event you have described